From: Chris Novakovic <ch...@chrisn.me.uk> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:56:31 +0100
> This series (against net-next) makes various improvements to ipconfig: > > - Patch #1 correctly documents the behaviour of parameter 4 in the > "ip=" and "nfsaddrs=" command line parameter. > - Patch #2 tidies up the printk()s for reporting configured name > servers. > - Patch #3 fixes a bug in autoconfiguration via BOOTP whereby the IP > addresses of IEN-116 name servers are requested from the BOOTP > server, rather than those of DNS name servers. > - Patch #4 requests the number of DNS servers specified by > CONF_NAMESERVERS_MAX when autoconfiguring via BOOTP, rather than > hardcoding it to 2. > - Patch #5 fully documents the contents and format of /proc/net/pnp in > Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt. > - Patch #6 fixes a bug whereby bogus information is written to > /proc/net/pnp when ipconfig is not used. > - Patch #7 creates a new procfs directory for ipconfig-related > configuration reports at /proc/net/ipconfig. > - Patch #8 allows for NTP servers to be configured (manually on the > kernel command line or automatically via DHCP), enabling systems with > an NFS root filesystem to synchronise their clock before mounting > their root filesystem. NTP server IP addresses are written to > /proc/net/ipconfig/ntp_servers. > > Changes from v1: > > - David requested that a new directory /proc/net/ipconfig be created to > contain ipconfig-related configuration reports, which is implemented > in the new patch #7. NTP server IPs are now written to this directory > instead of /proc/net/ntp in the new patch #8. > - Cong and David both requested that the modification to CREDITS be > dropped. This patch has been removed from the series. Series applied, thank you.
